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5. Cedrela ciliolata Blake, Proc. BiqJ. Soc. 

 Wash. 34: 115. 1921. 



Branches puberulent; leaves 1.5-2.5 dm. long, the petioles and rachis pilose; leaflets 6-10, 

 lanceolate-ovate to ovate, 9-12.5 cm. long, 3.3-5 cm. broad, gradually tapering at the apex 

 into a long, slender tip, rounded or acutish at the base and more or less inequilateral, ciliate, 

 reticulate-veined on both sides; flowers unknown; capsule ellipsoid, 4-4.7 cm. long; seeds 2.4 

 cm. long or more, brown. Very similar to the preceding. 



Type locality: Rincon, near Morelia, Michoacan. 

 Distribution: Known only from the type locality. 



6. Cedrela Dugesii S. Wats. Proc. Am. 

 Acad. 18: 190. 1883. 



A large tree with puberulent twigs; leaves 2.5-3.5 dm. long, the petioles and rachis terete 

 or nearly so, pubescent; leaflets 6 or 8, lanceolate to ovate-lanceolate, 9-15 cm. long, 2.7-5 cm. 

 broad, glabrous above, puberulent beneath, gradually tapering at the apex into a long, slender, 

 acuminate tip, rounded and acutish at the base and more or less inequilateral, ciliate, long- 

 petioluled; inflorescence dense-flowered, shorter than the leaves, the branches puberulent; 

 flowers short-pedicelled; calyx irregularly lobed, puberulent, the lobes ovate, or somewhat 

 triangular-ovate; petals oblong, 5.5-6 mm. long, 2-2.5 mm. broad, appressed-puberulent with- 

 out, loosely villous within; filaments glabrous; anthers oblong or somewhat oblong-ovoid, apic- 

 ulate; ovary subglobose. glabrous; style columnar; capsule (immature?) oblong-ellipsoid, 

 about 2.5 cm. long; seeds elliptic, 1.5-1.6 mm. long, the wing shorter than the body. 



Type locality: Guanajuato. Guanajuato. 

 Distribution: Northern Mexico. 



7. Cedrela rotunda Blake, Proc. Biol. Soc. 

 Wash. 33: 109. 1920. 



A tree, the branches light-gray, striate, pubescent with spreading hairs; leaves equally 

 pinnate, 2.5 dm. long or less, the petioles and rachis nearly terete, pubescent with spreading 

 hairs; leaflets 4-8, papery, broadly oval to orbicular, the lower 4 cm. long, 3 cm. broad, the 

 upper 6.5-1 1 cm. long, 4.5-9 cm. broad, rounded at the apex, rounded and equilateral or nearly 

 so at the base, light-green and pubescent above when young, the midrib impressed, glabrous 

 or nearly so in age, densely and softly pubescent beneath, short-petioluled, the midrib and 

 lateral veins prominent; fruiting panicle loose, glabrescent, about 2.5 dm. long; capsule oval, 

 2.5 cm. long, 1.4 cm. broad, obtuse, short-pedicelled; seeds obovate, 1.4-1.6 cm. long, 5-6 mm. 

 broad, chestnut-brown. 



Type locality: Vicinity of Villa Union, Sinaloa. 

 Distribution: Known only from the type locality. 



8. Cedrela fissilis Veil. Fl. Flum. 75. 1825. 



Surenus fissilis Kuntze, Rev. Gen. 111. 1891. 



A tree sometimes 18 m. or more in height; young twigs, under surface of the leaflets, 

 petioles, rachis, and branches of the inflorescence more or less densely hirsutulous with rather 

 short brownish hairs; leaves 2.8-5 dm. long; leaflets 16-26, opposite or subopposite, oblong- 

 lanceolate to oblong-ovate, 9-14 cm. long, 2-3.7 cm. broad, nearly equilateral or inequilateral 

 and rounded or somewhat acutish at the base, acuminate to long-acuminate at the apex, rather 

 finely reticulate above, the midrib and lateral veins impressed, hirsutulous, subsessile to short- 

 petioluled; branches of the inflorescence angled; calyx hirsutulous with mostly appressed hairs, 

 the lobes ovate or triangular-ovate, acute; petals oblong, 8-9 mm. long, 2 mm. broad, acutish 

 or somewhat obtuse, densely velvety-puberulent with rather long silky, loosely appressed hairs; 

 filaments glabrous; style slender; capsule 3 cm. long, 2 cm. broad. 



Type locality: Rio de Janeiro. 



Distribution: Mexico (?); Panama; also in South America. 



Illustrations: Veil. Fl. Flum. Ic 2: pi. 68; E. & P. Nat. Pfl. 3<:/. 151, A-C. 



